It seems that there is much discussion here about retirement and people wanting to 'get out of the rat race' but what are people really trying to achieve here. The people over 60 that I've met who seem sincerely happy aren't really retired but instead financially secure.
Maybe it is because I don't believe retirement is a real alternative or maybe I'm just misreading a bunch of posts here but really, what do we want...boredom or to have no financial worries and do something we enjoy. It could just be the timing of finding and joining this forum but there seem to be people who are struggling with be retired or having a partner that is retired.
Help me out here because I'm obviously missing something.
Side note: What does FIRE mean? Maybe I missed the sticky somewhere but I can't seem to find a definition for it. Tried search for 'What is FIRE' but and looked at the first few threads with no solution.
Maybe it is because I don't believe retirement is a real alternative or maybe I'm just misreading a bunch of posts here but really, what do we want...boredom or to have no financial worries and do something we enjoy. It could just be the timing of finding and joining this forum but there seem to be people who are struggling with be retired or having a partner that is retired.
Help me out here because I'm obviously missing something.
Side note: What does FIRE mean? Maybe I missed the sticky somewhere but I can't seem to find a definition for it. Tried search for 'What is FIRE' but and looked at the first few threads with no solution.